) A sign outside Newcastle Elementary school saying, “Every classroom implements depth and complexity strategies” This is not a magnet school. This is a regular elementary school in Reseda. Depth and Complexity sounds like jargon to make parents feel better about their kids’ understaffed and underfunded school. The social problem being depicted is propaganda to make us think schools are doing better and have more money than they are/do.
A group of elementary school children play on a patch of grass. This is a cute picture and those kids are having plenty of fun but they don’t realize what they are missing out on at other schools. This is the only grass at Newcastle elementary. The school only has one or two supervisors watching about fifty kids play after school. The social problem being depicted is the education system failing our kids.
) A small mural outside an elementary school says, “Reach 4 the stars, anything is possible.” This is a message to elementary school students. The American dream is all about working hard until you get what you want but realistically this does not happen often. Most students will end up in the same economic class they started in regardless of whether they finish high school or not. The social problem being depicted is the unrealistic dreams set for students within our flawed educating system.
A sign posted outside Newcastle elementary school. It says, “ Now Enrolling for full day kindergarten” Most parents don’t have an after school care to ring their kids so with a full day kindergarten class, the students will have a safe place to be after school and their parents can pick them up at the same time as their older siblings. The social problem being depicted is that since classes have been being cut short that a full day kindergarten class is unusual.
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